A4061 crash in Bridgend on 15 September 2018 at 20:48 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta crashed on the A4061 in Bridgend at 20:48 on Saturday 15 September 2018. The 26-year-old male driver and a 27-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Sep 2018
- Saturday, 20:48
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52244, longitude -3.56914, in the CF35 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bridgend.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018621801183
- Council area
- Bridgend
- Police force
- South Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4061
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Footbridge or subway
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 13%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 87%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 29 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 March 2006.
Slight
Car crash on the A4061 in Bridgend, 8 March 2006
29 m awayRef 2006620148646
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Bridgend, 25 June 1988
41 m awayRef 1988620F08660
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A4061 in Bridgend, 15 September 2008
44 m awayRef 2008620182674
Slight
Car crash on the A4061 in Bridgend, 12 March 2015
45 m awayRef 2015621500458
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4061 in Bridgend, 27 May 2022
46 m awayRef 2022622200449
Serious
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A4061 in Bridgend, 30 May 2003
47 m awayRef 2003620084747
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2018621801183 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bridgend road accident statistics for 2018.